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The Scottish Cup is the oldest national trophy in world football. ... Edinburgh Football League/East of Scotland League (1894–1908): 1894–95, 1895–96, ...
Hibernian Football Club (/ h ɪ ˈ b ɜːr n i ə n /), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland. [5]
The Edinburgh City Football Club Ltd., [4] which had continued trading as a social club since the football club stopped playing, gave their approval in 1986 for Postal United to use the Edinburgh City F.C. name. [3] The club has participated in the Scottish Cup since the mid-1990s, when it became a full member of the Scottish Football ...
The East of Scotland Shield is a Scottish football trophy awarded by the East of Scotland Football Association. The only older cup competition in Scottish football is the Scottish Cup. [1] The tournament is the third-oldest in world football still competed for annually, after the FA Cup and the Scottish Cup.
By 1883, Hibs had "largely conquered" Edinburgh football, [16] and in 1887 became the first club from the "east coast" of Scotland and only the fifth club overall [note 2] to win the Scottish Cup. [17] On 13 August 1887, Hibs defeated Preston North End in a match billed as the Association football Championship of the World decider. [18]
Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland.Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
By the end of the first year of fighting during World War I, most official football tournaments were suspended (a notable exception was the Scottish Football League Division One). International matches took place very occasionally during the duration of the war itself (July 1914 to November 1918) with Scotland only playing two, both military ...
Scotland and England are the oldest national football teams in the world. [9] Teams representing the two sides first competed at the Oval in five matches between 1870 and 1872. The two countries contested the first official international football match, at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland, on 30 November 1872.